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Sun, 06 December 2009 13:02  |
jayrabe
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Registered: June 2009
Location: Portland, OR
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Well, the adventure of discovery has begun. I managed to get the coach to pass the OR DEQ tests, so it's officially registered! Huge happiness. It was an interesting saga. The first time I took it in they refused to test it because the idle was oscillating as I described before. I found a hose that was a little loose and pushed it on more securely, and took it in the next day and the oscillation was gone so they tested it, but it failed for HC (568 measured with 500 max allowed). So I drove it another 30 minutes and went to a different testing station and it passed. Hooray!
Then Friday I stopped by the Cascade Rally here in Fairview to show it off and meet bunches of great people and see some other beautiful coaches, and spent some time with the so generous expertise of DJ Eberhard, and the good news was he gave me a tutorial on tightening my fan belts which were squealing (successfully fixed after spending money to start my collection of tools), and the bad news was he told me the hose I tightened had nothing to do with the vacuum or the idle. So I'm back to having an intermittent problem, though it hasn't returned in the two days since.
OTOH another problem has come up, that being a complete drop out of power and gas pedal response after coming off a freeway. Happened about 3 times. A few gooses on the gas and it recovered, the engine didn't die, just lost all power. This is the Howell EFI. DJ thought it might be the oxygen sensor, which is an un-heated type. Any suggestions?
Finally, I can't figure out how to get the furnace to come on. The propane tank is on, the breaker is on, the blower fan runs, the thermostat is on and turned up, but no heat. Documentation makes me believe there's another gas shutoff valve just for the furnace, but I can't find it. Haven't gotten a response from the PO yet. The furnace is new, an Atwood, I think model 8500-IV. Suggestions?
Thanks to the great hospitality to the Cascaders at Fairview, and DJ especially. The GMC community is the most incredible thing I've ever experienced.
J "haven't named her yet" Rabe
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